Upright standard for shelving assemblies



Jan. 25, 1955 R. E. MAINTAIN UPRIGHT STANDARD FOR SHELVING ASSEMBLIESFiled April 28, 1951 States.

UPRIGHT STANDARD FQRJSHELVING ASSEMBLIES Russell E. Maintain, Newton,Mass.

Application April 28, 1951, Serial No. 223,520

3 Claims. (Cl. 211-136) This invention relates to an upright standard,especially for metal shelving.

One object of my invention is to provide an upright standard made of aminimum amount of metal which serves to support shelf supportingbrackets at both sides of said upright standard, and also rearwardly andforwardly thereof. In other words one upright standard provides supportfor what commonly requires two standards.

Another object is to so form said upright standard that it supports foursupporting brackets at one end, without bolts, whereby four sets ofshelves are supported, at one end, by my upright standard.

A further object is to provide such an upright standard that readilyreceives brackets to support shelves, and from which said bracket mayreadily be removed, while said standard remains stationary. 1

The foregoing and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, may be accomplished by a constructionsuch as is disclosed by the drawings. The nature of the invention issuch as to render it susceptible to various changes and modifications,and therefore, I am not to be limited to the construction disclosed bythe drawings nor to the particular parts described in the specification;but am entitled to all such changes therefrom as fall within the scopeof my claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an end elevational view of an assembly of shelves, showingmy upright standard located at a point intermediate of the endextremities of said assembly.

Figure 2 is a sectional view, enlarged, taken on the line 22 of Figure1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary elevational view of my uprightstandard.

As illustrated, my upright standard is used in pairs to provide supportat each end for shelf supporting brackets. Each said upright standard 10can serve as a support for four sets of shelves at one end thereof asshown in Figure 3 of the drawings. It includes a central portion 12which extends diagonally in top plan view as shown in Figure 2 of thedrawings. Integral therewith and extending laterally therefrom is abracket supporting portion 14 that is offset, in one direction, fromsaid central portion 12 and another bracket supporting portion 16 thatextends laterally beyond and is offset in the opposite direction fromsaid portion 14.

Integral therewith and extending laterally from said centrallportion 12in a direction opposite to that of said portions 14 and 16, is a bracketsupporting portion 18 that is offset from said central portion 14,preferably being in approximate horizontal alinement with said portion16. Another bracket supporting portion 20 extends laterally beyond andis offset in the opposite direction from said portion 18, beingpreferably in approximate horizontal alinement with said portion 14.These four bracket supporting portions, because of their offset positionrelative to each other, as shown, provide recesses to receive studs 22for a purpose later explained, and also strengthen said uprightstandard.

Each said bracket supporting portion 14, 16, 18 and 20 has a pluralityof holes 23 therein which are preferably in vertical alinement in eachsaid portion, and key-hole shaped as shown in said Figure 3. Said studs22 extend into said holes 23 and rest on said bracket supportingportions at the lower edges of said holes 23, being kept from passingthrough said holes by enlarged heads 38.

Angle pieces 24, the two portions of which preferably "ice form anobtuse. angle relative to each other, provide further strength for theassembly, one angular part thereof being welded to, while the otherangular part extends away from, said central portion 12'. In an uprightstandard 10 used in an intermediate position in the shelving assembly,there are two said angle pieces 24 which are welded to opposite surfacesof said central portion 12 and extend away from each other in oppositedirections as shown in said Figure 2. The back panels 26 are bolted, asat 27, thereto.

To support the usual shelves S between said upright standards 10,brackets are provided, one said bracket 32 being attached by a said stud22 to said bracket supporting portion 18 while another said bracket 34is attached to said portion 16, said brackets 32 and 34 preferably beingapproximately in the same horizontal plane in position of use, and eachbeing adapted to support the end extremity of one shelf. 0n the otherside of said upright standard 10 is a shelf supporting bracket 30 whichis attached to said portion 14 while another said bracket 36 is attachedto said portion 20, said brackets 30 and 36 preferably beingapproximately in the same horizontal plane in position of use and eachbeing adapted to support the end extremity of one shelf other than thetwo shelf end extremities that are supported by said brackets 32 and 34.

Thus it will be seen that two of said upright standards 10, when locatedat intermediate points in the assembly, serve to entirely support foursets of shelves S, the number of shelves in each set depending upon theheight of thie1 upright standard and how close the shelves are to eachot er.

What I claim is:

1. An upright standard for a shelving assembly comprising an integral,upright member formed with a central portion, two bracket supportingportions extending laterally from opposite ends of said central portionin offset relationship thereto and to each other, said central portionextending substantially diagonal with relation to said bracketsupporting portions in top plan view, and two other oppositely extendingbracket supporting portions extending laterally from and outwardlybeyond the two first-mentioned supporting portions and in offsetrelationship thereto and to each other, said bracket supporting portionsproviding recesses and having holes through said recessed portions toreceive bracket attaching means, and two angle pieces to support backpanels at opposite sides of said central portion, one angular part ofeach said angle piece adjoining and being attached to a part of saidcentral portion and forming an obtuse angle with the other angular partthereof.

2. An upright standard for a shelving assembly comprising an integral,upright member formed with a central portion, two bracket supportingportions extending laterally from opposite ends of said central portionin oifset relationship thereto and to each other, said central portionextending substantially diagonal with relation to said bracketsupporting portions in top plan .view, and two other oppositelyextending bracket supporting portions extending laterally from andoutwardly beyond the two first-mentioned supporting portions and inoffset relationship thereto and to each other, said bracket supportingportions providing recesses and having holes through said recessedportions to receive bracket attaching means, and two angle pieces tosupport back panels at opposite sides of said central portion, oneangular part of each said angle piece adjoining and being attached to apart of said central portion and forming an obtuse angle with the otherangular part thereof, both of said other angular parts extending awayfrom said central portion in opposite directions and in substantialalinement with each other in top plan view.

3. An upright standard for a shelving assembly comprising an integralupright member formed with a central portion, two bracket supportingportions extending laterally from opposite ends of said central portionin offset relationship thereto and to each other, said central portionextending substantially diagonal with relation to said bracketsupporting portions in top plan view, and two other oppositely extendingbracket supporting portions extending laterally from and outwardlybeyond the two first-mentioned supporting portions and in offsetrelationship thereto and to each other, said bracket supporting portionsproviding recesses and having holes through said recessed portions toreceive bracket attaching means, and an angle piece to support a backpanel at a side of said central portion, one angular part of said anglepiece adjoining and being attached to a part'of said central portion andforming-an obtuse angle with the other angular part thereof.

Keil Dec. 5, 1905 Vance Nov. 3, 1925 Schild Jan. 14, 1947 FOREIGNPATENTS Great Britain Aug. 4, 1932 Norway Nov. 20, 1933

